Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (Renewal)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (EPA ICR Number 2696.02, OMB Control Number 2080-0086) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on March 12, 2026 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 208 (Thursday, October 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68142-68143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22061]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2026-1552; FRL-13689-01-OFA]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Underground Storage Tank Finder 
Application (EPA ICR Number 2696.02, OMB Control Number 2080-0086) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 
2026. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on March 12, 2026 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before November 30, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2026-1552 to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred 
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Submit written 
comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information 
collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth McDermott, Office of 
Underground Storage Tanks, Mail Code 5401T, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-0646; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#147977707166797b60603a71787d6e757671607c547164753a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="325f515657405f5d46461c575e5b48535057465a725742531c555d44">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through October 31, 2026. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on March 12, 2026 during a 60-day comment period (91 FR 12194). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
    Abstract: This ICR is a renewal of the previously approved UST 
Finder ICR (No. 2696.01; OMB No. 2080-0086) to update the UST Finder 
application on a semiannual basis. To successfully maintain and improve 
the data quality and usability of UST Finder, the Agency seeks to 
continue gathering, on a voluntary basis, location and other relevant 
data about USTs and LUSTs that are currently collected and managed by 
states and territories. The application may be used for many purposes, 
such as helping regulators, owners, and operators in decision-making; 
prioritizing site cleanups or inspections; triaging risk; and 
identifying sites that may be more likely to have a release based on 
UST age and substance stored. The application may also be used by 
emergency response personnel to protect UST facilities from extreme 
weather events. After disasters, the UST Finder can be used to rapidly 
identify LUST site cleanups impacted by natural disasters and assist in 
restarting cleanups after these events.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: The respondents for the information 
collection activity are state and territorial delegated agencies. The 
United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the

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respondents is SIC 9511, which corresponds to the North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS) 924110 for Administration of Air 
and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs. Source 
compliance data assembled by delegated agencies covers numerous NAICS 
categories.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannual.
    Total estimated burden: 989 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $72,475 (per year), which includes $1,067 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2481 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the following factors.
    <bullet> Most respondents have previously submitted data and will 
not require any time to set up their data delivery option. Thus, they 
will only incur a burden to submit the semi-annual data updates unless 
they choose to set up a new option.
    <bullet> The last information collection was conducted prior to the 
first round of data collection for UST Finder, so the burden calculated 
in the previous ICR were based on estimates for respondents who had not 
yet submitted data. This uncertainty led to overestimated burden.
    <bullet> EPA estimates the burden calculations in this ICR based on 
hours estimates provided by state agencies in the consultations 
conducted by EPA. Some of the responses indicated that the data set-up 
and semiannual update burden estimates were lower than previous 
estimates due to respondents' increased familiarity with the 
requirements of the data collection.
    <bullet> The previous ICR considered subcontractor labor hours as 
part of the annual burden; however, this ICR considers subcontractor 
labor as a one-time capital cost to set up data delivery options.

Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-22061 Filed 10-28-26; 8:45 am]
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